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Debian DSA-716-1 : gaim - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18152

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It has been discovered that certain malformed SNAC packets sent by other AIM or ICQ users can trigger an infinite loop in Gaim, a multi-protocol instant messaging client, and hence lead to a denial of service of the client.

Two more denial of service conditions have been discovered in newer versions of Gaim which are fixed in the package in sid but are not present in the package in woody.

Solution

Upgrade the gaim packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.58-2.5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-716

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18152

File Name: debian_DSA-716.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gaim, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0472

DSA: 716